Campaigners challenge halt to arms deals investigation

By Paul Jump, Third Sector Online, 13 November 2007

Campaigning groups The Corner House and Campaign Against Arms Trade have been granted permission by a High Court judge to challenge the Serious Fraud Office's decision to halt an investigation into alleged corruption in relation to BAE Systems' multibillion-pound arms deals with Saudi Arabia.

The judge, Lord Justice Moses, said the issue “cries out for a public hearing” because it involves “matters of concern and public importance”. He said: “It is in everyone’s interest that a full hearing take place.” The Al-Yamamah contract for the sale of Tornado fighter planes, negotiated by the Thatcher...

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